Week 2 Intro to Sport & Literature.docx

Week 2: Intro to Sport & Literature =================================== Lecture: Why Sport & Lit by Dr. Flanagan ---------------------------------------- - Explain how this course will use sport in the study of literature - Discuss how reading makes you a better employee - Discuss how writ...

Week 2: Intro to Sport & Literature =================================== Lecture: Why Sport & Lit by Dr. Flanagan ---------------------------------------- - Explain how this course will use sport in the study of literature - Discuss how reading makes you a better employee - Discuss how writing makes you more successful in your career Video: Why read and write? by John Green ---------------------------------------- - Explain why reading and writing are privileged in society - Identify various parts of speech and genres that John Green uses to explain why we read and write - Explain the relationship between reading, writing, and empathy - Describe John Green\'s thoughts on authorial intent - What does \"reading is a conversation\" mean? - List the three reasons John Green argues why it is essential to learn to read critically and attentively Key Terms --------- - Preposition -- a function word that typically combines with a noun phrase to form a phrase which usually expresses a modification or predication - Genre -- the classification of a literary work by its form, content, and style into categories such as poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction.  - Empathy -- an imaging of what it's like to be someone else - Iambic Pentameter -- a type of metric line used in traditional English poetry and verse drama so a story can have a bigger and better life in a reader's mind - Authorial Intent -- why an author chooses to write and will communicate their message - Hyperbole -- exaggerated statements or claims, not meant to be taken literally - Metaphor -- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable Reading & Lecture: My Year of Sports (Rossuck, 2014) ---------------------------------------------------- - Summarize the purpose of the article titled \"My Year of Sports\" by Jennifer Rossuck - Define interdisciplinary learning - Explain why Rossuck chooses to use interdisciplinary learning - Discuss the purpose of an I-search paper - Identify the types of books Rossuck refers to in the article  - Explain how this course will use sport in the study of literature - This course will use sport in literature to deepen the experience with reading and writing - Discuss how reading makes you a better employee - Reading will make you a better communicator, learn about others, and develop different perspectives of the world, and you may become more empathetic - Discuss how writing makes you more successful in your career - Writing will make you a better communicator, you organize your ideas and communicate more effectively - Explain why reading and writing are privileged in society - They allow us to communicate directly and transparently with people who are far away, and they also allow us to hear the voices of the dead (authors) - Identify various parts of speech and genres that John Green uses to explain why we read and write - John Green uses various concepts such as empathy, perspective, and identity to show why we read and write and further deepen human experiences through literature - Explain the relationship between reading, writing, and empathy - Writing is an urge to use language to communicate ideas and experiences between people - Reading is always an act of empathy, an imagining of what it's like to be someone else - Describe John Green's thoughts on authorial intent - Essentially, he says "You don't matter" - The book exists not for the benefit of the author, but for the benefit of you! - What does "reading is a conversation" mean? - Interaction between the reader and the text, where the reader makes meaning of the text through comprehension - List the 3 reasons John Green argues why it is essential to learn to read critically and attentively 1. Have a fuller understanding of lives other than your own 2. Help you to be more empathetic 3. Give you linguistic tools to share your own story with more precision - Summarize the purpose of the article titled \"My Year of Sports\" by Jennifer Rossuck - The purpose of the article is a broader reflection on how sports can play a pivotal role in personal development and fulfillment. - Rossuck highlights themes such as perseverance, the importance of physical fitness, and the joy of embracing new challenges. - Define interdisciplinary learning - when there\'s a combining of two or more disciplines into one activity - Explain why Rossuck chooses to use interdisciplinary learning - She chose this method in order to unify her 11^th^ grade English classes - More specifically, how sports play a role in education, character development, gender, race, and connections between sports and politics, economics, media, and religion - Discuss the purpose of an I-search paper - a type of research paper that emphasizes the process of inquiry and personal engagement with the research topic. - Identify the types of books Rossuck refers to in the article - Rossuck refers to older "classic" books in the article that are in relation to sport with such example as "The Great Gatsby", "The Chocolate War", and "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner"